Sardines, anchovies and mackerels play a crucial role in marine ecosystems, as well as having a high commercial value. However, the warming of waters makes them vanish from their usual seas and migrate north, as confirmed by a pioneering study analysing 57,000 fish censuses from 40 years. The researchers warn that coastal towns dependent on […]
The UK is increasingly under threat from the effects of climate change – which in turn could increase inequalities and disadvantage. A new website launched today – Climate Just – is designed to help local authorities and other organisations working on climate change, or working with vulnerable communities, to respond to this challenge. The site […]
Corporate Knights ‘In 2012, the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook report legitimized the notion of unburnable carbon in one sentence: “No more than one-third of proven reserves of fossil fuels can be consumed prior to 2050 if the world is to achieve the 2°C goal, unless carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is widely […]
Flood Free Homes Campaign launched by the Association of British Insurers Only one week after its launch, 20 MPs representing 1.4 million constituents have already signed up in support of the ABI’s Flood Free Homes campaign. In addition, 24 Prospective Parliamentary Candidates have also pledged their support. On Tuesday 20th January, the Flood Free Homes campaign […]
Marine Ripple ‘The British public’s belief in the reality of climate change and its human causes is now at its highest since 2005, according to ESRC-funded research. The research team, led by Professor Nick Pidgeon at Cardiff University’s School of Psychology, set out to understand how the British public had responded to the flooding last […]
2015 will prove to be an important year for the climate change debate with many areas of debate maintaining a high profile. Cheap oil will have all sorts of implications but this News focuses on investment – disinvestment and UK’s infrastructure investment programme with an analysis from the Green Alliance. Oh yes, and 2014 was […]
One of the predominant themes of 2015 will be the Paris Climate change meeting in December. Even in this short break there has been a continuous stream of commentary on the Lima summit and various VIPs supporting greater action from David Attenborough to the Pope. Lima agreement – Water Left Out By Codi Kozacek, Circle […]
Human societies are not resilient to extreme weather, according to a new report released by the Royal Society last week. Human exposure to extreme weather is set to increase with continued changes in global climate and population size, location and age. The Resilience to Extreme Weather report identifies the regions most vulnerable to floods, droughts […]